Alert archive / Alabama / 2011
Weather alerts in Alabama, October 2011
61 weather alerts in October 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 61
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- October 18, 201113 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 11 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 38 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Dallas, Elmore, Lee and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 50 hr | |
| Oct 8, 5:49 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 34 hr | |
| Oct 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 27 hr | |
| Oct 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 63 hr | |
| Oct 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Oct 10, 5:33 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 13 hr | |
| Oct 13, 4:06 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 23 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee | 67 min |
| Oct 13, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 40 min |
| Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva and 5 more | 87 min |
| Oct 13, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Geneva | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Houston | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 12:21 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:49 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 3 days | |
| Oct 17, 11:14 AM CDT | Gale Watch | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Oct 18, 4:15 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 30 hr | |
| Oct 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman and 21 more | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Etowah | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 17 min |
| Oct 18, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 49 min |
| Oct 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 49 min |
| Oct 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 3:21 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:23 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:22 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 14 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:59 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 18 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:15 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:46 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 55 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:19 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 36 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Oct 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:39 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:39 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 21 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | Choctaw | 20 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 15 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:16 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Oct 30, 11:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 28 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:48 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 17 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 11 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Rip Current Statement | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Geneva County10
- Houston County10
- Bullock County10
- Macon County10
- Pike County10
- Russell County10
- Marion County10
- Talladega County10
- Chambers County10
- Tallapoosa County10
- Coffee County9
- Dale County9
- Henry County9
- Barbour County9
- Lee County9
- Crenshaw County9
- Bibb County9
- Calhoun County9
- Cherokee County9
- Etowah County9
- Jefferson County9
- Pickens County9
- St. Clair County9
- Shelby County9
- Tuscaloosa County9
- Clay County9
- Randolph County9
- Autauga County8
- Dallas County8
- Elmore County8
- Lowndes County8
- Montgomery County8
- Butler County8
- Blount County8
- Fayette County8
- Lamar County8
- Walker County8
- Winston County8
- Choctaw County8
- Chilton County8
25 more counties
- Cleburne County8
- Coosa County8
- Greene County8
- Hale County8
- Perry County8
- Sumter County8
- Clarke County7
- Conecuh County7
- Monroe County7
- Washington County7
- Wilcox County7
- Marengo County7
- Limestone County6
- Madison County6
- Covington County5
- Colbert County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Lawrence County5
- Cullman County4
- DeKalb County4
- Franklin County4
- Jackson County4
- Marshall County4
- Morgan County4
- Escambia County4
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.